1、 2021年全国高考乙卷英语试题注意事项：1、答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。2. 回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上，写在本试卷上无效。3. 考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。第一部分听力（共两节，满分30分）做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7. 5分）听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你
2、都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。例: How much is the shirt?A. 19.15. B. 9.18. C. 9.15. 答案是C。1. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 What is the man doing?A. Asking the way.B. Giving directions.C. Correcting a mistake.2. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】What dress size does the woman want?A. 8.B. 10.C. 12.3. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】What is
3、 the woman likely to do?A. Make a phone call.B. Handle the problem.C. Have a rest.4. 此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】Which tour does the man seem to be interested in?A. The evening tour.B. The half-day tour.C. The full-day tour.5. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】Where are the speakers?A. At a canteen.B. At a clinic.C. At a bank
4、.第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 6. What does the woman think of the match?A. Entertaining.B. Discouraging.C. Boring.7. What do the speakers plan to do on Tuesday
5、afternoon?A. Watch a game.B. Play tennis.C. Go to the cinema.听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 8. What does the man advise Mrs. White to do?A. Go on a diet.B. Do more exercise.C. Get enough sleep.9. Which can be included in Mrs. Whites breakfast?A. Eggs.B. Sausages.C. Porridge.10. What is the man?
6、A. A teacher.B. A physician.C. A chef.听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 11. How does Nancy look to Daniel? A. Confused.B. Excited.C. Anxious.12. Why does Daniel mention his performance in a play? A. To comfort Nancy.B. To express his regret.C. To show his pride.13. What is Nancy going to do next w
7、eek? A. Take a school test.B. Have a check-up.C. Go in for a competition.14. What does Daniel offer to do for Nancy? A. Rewrite her lines.B. Drive her to the theatre.C. Help her with the practice.听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 15. What was Prof. Stones grandfather afraid of? A. Leaving his home
8、.B. Parting from his son.C. Taking early retirement.16. What does old age mean to many elderly Americans? A. Lack of moral support.B. Loss of self-worth.C. Change of living habits.17. What will Prof. Stone talk about next concerning elderly people? A. Public services they ask for.B. Health care avai
9、lable to them.C. Contributions they can make.听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 18. What does the speakers mother want her to be?A. A confident person.B. A warm-hearted person.C. A humorous person.19. Why did the speaker feel lonely in her childhood?A. She often traveled by herself.B. Her family move
10、d frequently.C. Her mother was busy working.20. What does the speaker mainly talk about?A. Importance of home schooling.B. Mother-daughter relationship.C. A role model in her family.第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。AThe Biggest Stadiums in the WorldPeople ha
11、ve been pouring into stadiums since the days of ancient Greece. In around 80 A.D., the Romans built the Colosseum, which remains the worlds best known stadium and continues to inform contemporary design. Romes Colosseum was 157 feet tall and had 80 entrances, seating 50,000 people. However, that was
12、 small fry compared with the citys Circus Maximus, which accommodated around 250,000 people.These days, safety regulations-not to mention the modern sports fans desire for a good view and comfortable seattend to keep stadium capacities（容量） slightly lower. Even soccer fans tend to have a seat each; g
13、one are the days of thousands standing to watch the match. For the biggest stadiums in the world, we have used data supplied by the World Atlas list so far, which ranks them by their stated permanent capacity, as well as updated information from official stadium websites. All these stadiums are stil
14、l funtiona1, still open and still hosting the biggest events in world sport. Rungrado 1st of May Stadium, Pyongyang D.P.R. Korea. Capacity: 150,000. Opened: May 1,1989. Michigan Stadium, Ann Arbor, Michigan, U. S. Capacity: 107,601. Opened: October 1, 1927. Beaver Stadium, State College, Pennsylvani
15、a, U. S. Capacity: 106,572. Opened: September 17, 1960. Ohio Stadium, Columbus, Ohio, U. S. Capacity: 104,944. Opened: October 7,1922.Kyle Field, College Station, Texas, U. S. Capacity: 102,512. Opened: September 24, 1927.21. How many people could the Circus Maximus hold?A. 104,944.B. 107,601.C. Abo
16、ut 150,000.D. About 250,000.22. Of the following stadiums, which is the oldest?A. Michigan Stadium.B. Beaver Stadium.C. Ohio Stadium.D. Kyle Field.23. What do the listed stadiums have in common?A. They host big games.B. They have become tourist attractions.C. They were built by Americans.D. They are
17、 favored by architects.BWhen almost everyone has a mobile phone, why are more than half of Australian homes still paying for a landline（座机）?These days youd be hard pressed to find anyone in Australia over the age of 15 who doesnt own a mobile phone. In fact plenty of younger kids have one in their p
18、ocket. Practically everyone can make and receive calls anywhere, anytime. Still, 55 percent of Australians have a landline phone at home and only just over a quarter （29%） rely only on their smartphones according to a survey （调查）. Of those Australians who still have a landline, a third concede that
19、its not really necessary and theyre keeping it as a security blanket 19 percent say they never use it while a further 13 percent keep it in case of emergencies. I think my home falls into that category. More than half of Australian homes are still choosing to stick with their home phone. Age is natu
20、rally a factor（因素） only 58 percent of Generation Ys still use landlines now and then, compared to 84 percent of Baby Boomers whove perhaps had the same home number for 50 years. Age isnt the only factor; Id say its also to do with the makeup of your household. Generation Xers with young families, li
21、ke my wife and I, can still find it convenient to have a home phone rather than providing a mobile phone for every family member. That said, to be honest the only people who ever ring our home phone are our Baby Boomers parents, to the point where we play a game and guess who is calling before we pi
22、ck up the phone（using Caller ID would take the fun out of it）. How attached are you to your landline? How long until they go the way of gas street lamps and morning milk deliveries?24. What does paragraph 2 mainly tell us about mobile phones?A. Their target users.B. Their wide popularity.C. Their ma
23、jor functions.D. Their complex design.25. What does the underlined word “concede” in paragraph 3 mean?A. Admit.B. Argue.C. Remember.D. Remark.26. What can we say about Baby Boomers?A. They like smartphone games.B. They enjoy guessing callers identity.C. They keep using landline phones.D. They are at
24、tached to their family.27. What can be inferred about the landline from the last paragraph?A. It remains a family necessity.B. It will fall out of use some day.C. It may increase daily expenses.D. It is as important as the gas light.CYouve heard that plastic is polluting the oceans between 4.8 and 1
25、2.7 million tonnes enter ocean ecosystems every year. But does one plastic straw or cup really make a difference? Artist Benjamin Von Wong wants you to know that it does. He builds massive sculptures out of plastic garbage, forcing viewers to re-examine their relationship to single-use plastic produ
26、cts. At the beginning of the year, the artist built a piece called “Strawpocalypse,” a pair of 10-foot-tall plastic waves, frozen mid-crash. Made of 168,000 plastic straws collected from several volunteer beach cleanups, the sculpture made its first appearance at the Estella Place shopping center in
27、 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Just 9% of global plastic waste is recycled. Plastic straws are by no means the biggest source（来源）of plastic pollution, but theyve recently come under fire because most people dont need them to drink with and, because of their small size and weight, they cannot be recycle
28、d. Every straw thats part of Von Wongs artwork likely came from a drink that someone used for only a few minutes. Once the drink is gone, the straw will take centuries to disappear. In a piece from 2018, Von Wong wanted to illustrate（说明） a specific statistic: Every 60 seconds, a truckloads worth of
29、plastic enters the ocean. For this work, titled “Truckload of Plastic,” Von Wong and a group of volunteers collected more than 10,000 pieces of plastic, which were then tied together to look like theyd been dumped（倾倒） from a truck all at once. Von Wong hopes that his work will also help pressure big
30、 companies to reduce their plastic footprint.28. What are Von Wongs artworks intended for?A. Beautifying the city he lives in.B. Introducing eco-friendly products.C. Drawing public attention to plastic waste.D. Reducing garbage on the beach.29. Why does the author discuss plastic straws in paragraph
31、 3?A. To show the difficulty of their recycling.B. To explain why they are useful.C. To voice his views on modern art.D. To find a substitute for them.30. What effect would “Truckload of Plastic” have on viewers?A. Calming.B. Disturbing.C. Refreshing.D. Challenging.31. Which of the following can be
32、the best title for the text?A. Artists Opinions on Plastic SafetyB. Media Interest in Contemporary ArtC. Responsibility Demanded of Big CompaniesD. Ocean Plastics Transformed into SculpturesDDuring an interview for one of my books, my interviewer said something I still think about often. Annoyed by
33、the level of distraction（干扰）in his open office, he said, “Thats why I have a membership at the coworking space across the street so I can focus”. His comment struck me as strange. After all, coworking spaces also typically use an open office layout（布局）. But I recently came across a study that shows
34、why his approach works. The researchers examined various levels of noise on participants as they completed tests of creative thinking. They were randomly divided into four groups and exposed to various noise levels in the background, from total silence to 50 decibels（分贝）, 70 decibels, and 85 decibel
35、s. The differences between most of the groups were statistically insignificant; however, the participants in the 70 decibels group those exposed to a level of noise similar to background chatter in a coffee shop significantly outperformed the other groups. Since the effects were small, this may sugg
36、est that our creative thinking does not differ that much in response to total silence and 85 decibels of background noise. But since the results at 70 decibels were significant, the study also suggests that the right level of background noise not too loud and not total silence may actually improve o
37、nes creative thinking ability. The right level of background noise may interrupt our normal patterns of thinking just enough to allow our imaginations to wander, without making it impossible to focus. This kind of “distracted focus” appears to be the best state for working on creative tasks. So why
38、do so many of us hate our open offices? The problem may be that, in our offices, we cant stop ourselves from getting drawn into others conversations while were trying to focus. Indeed, the researchers found that face-to-face interactions and conversations affect the creative process, and yet a cowor
39、king space or a coffee shop provides a certain level of noise while also providing freedom from interruptions.32. Why does the interviewer prefer a coworking space?A. It helps him concentrate.B. It blocks out background noise.C. It has a pleasant atmosphere.D. It encourages face-to-face interactions
40、.33. Which level of background noise may promote creative thinking ability?A. Total silence.B. 50 decibelsC. 70 decibels.D. 8 5 decibels.34. What makes an open office unwelcome to many people?A. Personal privacy unprotected.B. Limited working space.C. Restrictions on group discussion.D. Constant int
41、erruptions.35. What can we infer about the author from the text?A. Hes a news reporter.B. Hes an office manager.C. Hes a professional designer.D Hes a published writer.第二节（共5小题:每小题2分，满分10分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。According to Jessica Hagy, author of How to Be Interesting, its not di
42、fficult to make yourself interesting at a dinner party. _36_, if youre out of your comfort zone or if youre wandering into somebodys house for the first time. So the main thing is just to show up and be adventurous, trying different foods and talking to strangers. People love to talk about themselve
43、s. If you can start the conversation with a question other than “What do you do for a living?”, youll be able to get a lot more interesting conversation out of whomever it is youre talking to. _37_, it can bring in “I have this old, broken-down vehicle” or “I rode the bus with these crazy people who
44、 were laughing at silly jokes in the back.” It just opens up conversation. _38_? If you cant take their wine away, you should certainly try to take away their soapbox （讲台）. If youre the host, you can ask them to help you in the kitchen with something and just remove them from the situation._39_.And
45、what about that other dinner-party killer: awkward silence? If youre faced with an awkward silence at a dinner party, the only thing that always gets everyone talking again is to give the host a compliment（赞扬）. _40_. Just quickly turn around and say, “This cake is extremely delicious and you have to
46、 tell me all about it.”So being interesting at a dinner party isnt that hard.A. How do you know the hostB. The first step is to go exploringC. If you ask the question “How did you get here?”D. Be prepared to have awkward conversations with strangersE. Or turn the conversation into a topic where they
47、 have little to sayF. What about that person who had too much to drink or wont stop talkingG He or she is the person who is feeling the weight of that awkwardness the most第三部分语言知识运用（共两节，满分45分）第一节（共20小题;每小题1. 5分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。Simply saying thank you doesnt seem eno
48、ugh in certain situations. I was considering this while working as a _41_ just a few weeks ago. And it came to me then how much easier it would be if we had a range of words that express different _42_ of gratitude(感谢). My thoughts were soon _43_. We had a woman patient who was _44_ from a knee replacement operation. One afternoon, while _45_ to get int
